I'm surprised that the Jaclyn Smith section mentions RD, considering that she considers that she was never married to him... But then, maybe they've included it as one of her tragedies...
Kate and/or her agent were very smart. When they negotiated her The Rookies contracts, she was guaranteed a Made-for-TV movie during the hiatuses (which is why she did Satan's School For Girls, Death Cruise, and Death at Love House for Spelling Goldberg - and she was quaranteed a pilot after The Rookies ended. Given that she had a supporting role, it's amazing that her contracts had better guarantees than the three male leads had.